Chapter 191 Death, Destruction and New Existence
【The blood seal is lifted starting】
With the prompts of this system appearing in front of Rhode, a bright red magic circle suddenly appeared at Marlene's feet, and then four chains suddenly appeared out of thin air, wrapping around Marlene's arms and legs. At this moment, Marlene also gritted her teeth and groaned, and her right hand held Rhode's hand tightly. Her face looked extremely pale, bright red, and a blood-like brilliance appeared from her body, and was gradually absorbed by the magic circle under her feet.
"Woo……………………………………”
Although Rhodes didn't know how strong the pain Marin had suffered, she could feel it from the moment she held her left hand tightly. It was definitely not a pain that ordinary humans could endure. At this moment, Marin had completely grasped Rhode's palm with her right hand, and the sharp nails had torn the skin and deeply embedded in the flesh. Judging from her gritting her teeth and pale face, if she opened her mouth at this time, she would definitely make a tragic scream.
But all Rhodes can do is wait.
【Blood seal lifted——Progress 30%]
The girl's body began to tremble violently. It was not Marine's will, but the body had exceeded the limit of patience and began to struggle instinctively, trying to break free from this painful desperate situation. But those chains were obviously to prevent such a thing from happening. No matter how Marine struggled, the four chains were bound tightly with her body. At this time, the girl had completely lost her reserve and twisted her body desperately. She looked like she wanted to leave at all costs, like a crazy beast who had fallen into a trap.
"Woo………Woo…Woo!!!”
The creepy roar came from the girl's mouth, echoing in this quiet space, and even made people feel cold in their hearts. The girl's lips were bitten and bleeding. Her eyes were staring ahead without any attention. Her left hand tried hard to retract from the fire in front of her. But no matter how hard she struggled, her left hand seemed to be sucked by the fire and could not break free.
【Blood seal lifted——Progress 60%]
Gradually, Marin stopped struggling, not because the pain on her body had disappeared. On the contrary, the life and magic that had passed away from the girl at this moment even the ability to make her struggle had disappeared. The girl raised her head like a starry sky in front of her without his eyes, and her body trembled like a dying frog from time to time. Apart from that, she was not angry at all, as if she had been completely dead. At this time, Anne and Lijie could not bear to look at it anymore. Although they could accept that Marin herself had chosen this way of sacrifice, she saw her instinctive struggle before she died with her own eyes. It was impossible to say that the two of them did not want to destroy this magic circle and rescue Marin at all costs. But even so, they could not escape. They could only stand behind, grit their teeth, and stare at the scene in front of them, but they had no idea what to do.
【Blood seal lifted——Progress 80%]
"Damn it, hurry up!"
Looking at the system prompt in front of him, Rhode couldn't help but curse in a low voice. He had never felt that time was going so slowly as he was now. He could feel that Marlene's soul was gradually dissipating and her body was gradually becoming cold. Even the last trace of mind she had retained seemed to be shaking under the previous intense pain. But now Rhode had no choice but to make a decision. To put it bluntly, the final plan was just a gamble. He didn't know whether it could be truly successful. All Rhode could do was to improve the success rate itself, but even this would not guarantee 100% success.
【Blood seal lifted——Progress 90%]
Marlene's body no longer trembled, and the magic and soul brilliance on her body were faintly and almost invisible. In her confused and unsightly eyes, the last trace of the light belonging to life was slowly disappearing. Instead, on the fire in front of her, a strange round bright red magic array gradually emerged, as if it was dividing the interior of the fire itself. Then it wrapped the entire fire with the permeated blood. This marked the coming of the final liberation of the seal, and Rhode also raised his vigilance and stared at the scene in front of him.
It's coming soon.
Rhode whispered to himself, then held the fantasy magic stone in his hand tightly. He had only one way to save Marin. If Rhode's prediction was correct and everything that the girl said before was true, then when the blood seal was lifted to 100%, it would mark Marin's natural death. In other words, Marin was completely dead at that time. And because of this, another "Marin" could enter Marin's body after leaving the seal and merge into a brand new existence. Although it was not a necromancer,
It was in the game that he had been in the game with the Kingdom of Night for so long, and there were tens of thousands of lichs who died under Rhodes. Rhodes was still very clear about the basic knowledge of transferring souls. Just like in many movies, when the soul was transferred, although the living sacrifices would provide more powerful power. However, if an unexpected event occurs, such as the heroine suddenly explodes and forcibly expels the soul that broke into her body, it would be completely ineffective. In comparison, the fresh corpse that just died is more suitable for the soul's boarding and resurrection.
Although this setting is beneficial to the other party, Rhodes himself has no choice. He only relies on one thing, that is, summoning the swordsman.
Summoning swordsmen is a profession that fights by awakening the sleeping souls in the world and signing contracts with them to seal cards. Two of the most important points are: one is to awaken the soul, and the other is to summon the soul summoned by the swordsmen, which must be an existence in the original plane. It cannot only summon products from another world like summoning mages.
For Rhodes, this is the last method he chose.
Summoning Swordsman has a skill - Word of Soul. Summoning Swordsman requires awakening the sleeping souls in the world, and then signing a contract with them. This skill is required. This skill is not considered a talent or a swordsman. Therefore, it is impossible to upgrade and improve proficiency and success rate by investing skill points, but this is the most important skill for summoning Swordsman. This is how every card of Rhode comes from.
In addition, this skill has another function, which is to forcibly awaken the sleeping soul, communicate with the other party without the soul core, and seal it into a card after winning the other party's consent. However, Rhode has never used this function, because waking up the soul without the soul core requires all the soul power of the holder. Use the power of the summoner himself to create a card for the soul that can be used to host the soul. Not only that, in this case, the sleeping soul may not be able to awaken, so the failure rate is much higher. So Rhode has never done this, especially after getting the Holy Sword deck, he basically looks at his face, and there is no need to use this method to enrich his card library.
Although Rhodes' hands do not have a soul core, considering the particularity of Marin's soul, ordinary soul cores not only cannot bear her power, but may even have a certain impact on Marin. At present, Rhodes' hands do not have a lord-level soul core that can be used, and the boarding cards condensed with his own soul power are the purest. Don't worry about this kind of problem.
So the final method Rhodes chose was to use the infinite soul power of [Fantasy Magic Stone] to use the infinite soul power of [Soul Word] infinitely. From the moment Marlene died, she used her body as a medium to reawaken the soul, and then signed a contract before the other party seized Marlene's body. In this way, at the cost of Marlene's own body, Rod could seal Marlene into the card, and then he only had to specify a position of the original substance to Marlene. Then she could always follow Rhodes in the form of a physical body. As for the other "Marlene", she had not obtained her body, which would probably be the rhythm of being completely swallowed and wiped by the awakened fire power.
However, this is not necessarily smooth. The most important thing is whether Rhodes can seize the time to awaken Marlene's soul before another soul enters Marlene's body, and this is also uncertain. Rhodes also knows that souls like Marlene who die because of dedication generally suffer serious trauma, and may even lose their own will and be unable to respond to their call at all. Once Marlene cannot respond to Rhodes' call, then after another soul enters Marlene's body, the last connection between her original soul and this body will be interrupted. After that, Rhodes has no idea where to go to find relics related to Marlene's body to awaken her soul.
Of course, these Rhodes have completely explained to Marlene. And I also hope that she can cooperate with her actions, but these are just theory after all. Only God knows whether the action can be so smooth.
【Blood seal is lifted-98%-99%-100%, seal is lifted】
【Prepare to enter the ignition procedure of ignition source】
Now, when he saw the system prompting him to skip this line, Rod's eyes lit up. Then he grabbed Marlene's hand with force and turned his head. Soon, a bright and dazzling summoning array burst out from the back of Rod's hand. The lines shining with magical glory extended down along Rod's body. In just a blink of an eye, the summoning array immediately covered the bodies of Rod and Marlene. After losing the chain constraints, Marlene's body was suspended in the air. At this moment, her eyes were no longer alive, and her whole body was extremely cold, without heartbeat or breathing, and everything entered an absolute eternal silence.
"Marlene, wake up!"
Holding Marlene's hand tightly, Rhode shouted angrily, but the girl floating in the summoning array did not respond at all, and it ended with Rhode's call. The originally bright summoning array suddenly dimmed. Since Marlene's soul did not respond to Rhode's summoning, the system has determined that the effect of the [Soul Word] failed this time.
"Damn it, Marlene!"
Recognizing that the soul power in his body was passing quickly, Rhode cursed and then called again. But this time, Marin still did not react, and the soul grammar array that was reactivated by Rhode's injection of soul power was also flashing and dark. This made Rhode feel even more anxious. Since just now, he had released [Soul Word] five times in a row, but he did not succeed once. Although he felt that Marin's soul was connected to her body, it was dead, as if it had been completely damaged and split into pieces. Did he just think about ordinary death and did not take into account the factors of blood seals into it? Or did the predecessors of the Shania family make such a setting when designing the seal?
"Marin!"
The summoning magic circle dimmed from time to time, and then became brighter. Then it dimmed again. With the help of [Fantasy Magic Stone], Rhode has now activated [Soul Word] no less than thirty times, but Marlene's soul still did not react at all. And at this moment, suddenly, a message appeared in front of Rhode's eyes.
【Seal is completely lifted】
Accompanied by this message, the strange bright red magic array on the source of the fire suddenly spread out. Then it disappeared like light smoke. Then, the figure of a vague and ethereal girl slowly poked out of the fire. She pressed Marin's hand on the fire with one hand, and looked at the man in front of her with a smile.
"It seems that you haven't given up."
"Do you think I'll give up so easily?"
Rhodes looked coldly at this girl who looked exactly like Marlene. It would not be impossible if the other party had done anything in Marlene's body before to prevent her soul from being awakened. Rhodes had considered this possibility before. But even so what? Rhodes himself didn't care about being despicable and shameless, so he naturally would not accuse others of being shameless and vulgar. Since he had done it, he could only find a way to solve it. Blames against the world and others would not solve any problem.
"I don't think you won't, but it's a pity that it seems that I will still win in the end."
Faced with Rhode's inquiry, the girl smiled a little. Then her body slowly left the source of the fire and reached out her hand. She merged into Marin's body without hesitation. Rhode wanted to stop the other party, but now he kept holding Marin in his hand and trying to awaken her soul, while the other hand was holding the fantasy magic stone to replenish energy, and he had no extra energy to care about this strange woman. However.........
Are you really helpless?
For some reason, at this moment, Rod suddenly recalled what Christie asked Lasti to herself before—"Although her importance to Miss Marlene is very clear, it is still different from Miss Christie and herself."
The seal of the soul, the bloodline is lifted, and it is integrated into the body of the soul, can it be said...
"Marin!!"
The girl in front of him was about to enter Marlene's body. Rhode roared again. This time, he condensed all the soul power without hesitation, and poured them all into Marlene's sleeping soul without any reservation. Feeling this strong stimulation, Marlene's body trembled suddenly, and then, she suddenly opened her eyes.
In those wine-red eyes, there was an unprecedented glory shining.
"Ro…………………………………”
Marlene's voice came from the void, and at this moment, the girl who was about to enter Marlene's body changed her face. Then she trembled suddenly, and she retreated desperately as if she was electrocuted. Her hands that had already integrated into Marlene's body began to quickly withdraw from Marlene's body. But at this time, Rhode suddenly found that the girl's hands were collapsing rapidly, like building blocks that had lost their constraints, shattering and splitting.
"No, why is this happening? Why? Why is this happening?!"
The girl at this moment completely lost her previous calmness. She stared at the corpse of Marin in front of her in horror, as if something had happened that shouldn't have happened, as if the earth suddenly stopped rotating, and the apple did not fall to the ground and flew into the sky, subverting all common sense despair and fear. At this moment, she completely lost the calmness she had when she was eager to look forward to her body, but instead seemed extremely frightened. On the contrary, Marin, who had woken up again, stretched out her hand and stared at her quietly.
"Come back..."
"No...not that, I'm not...!!!"
Screaming in despair, the girl's soul began to twist, but Marin just waved her hand, and soon, several magical golden threads completely bound her soul in the air.
What's the situation?
Rod and others looked curiously at the soul of Marlene who was awakening again, and the soul body that was struggling desperately to escape from her mastery. The situation suddenly changed in an instant, just like the originally ferocious demon king suddenly turned into a little monster, while the princess who was trembling and waiting to be eaten turned into the final wave ss.
How super-expanding is this?
"Rod..."
Marlene turned her head and looked at the man in front of her with a smile. Rhode also looked at her without hesitation. From those wine-red eyes, all he saw was trust and deep love, as always, without any change.
"My body is dead, let me ask you next."
"I know."
Rhode sighed when he heard Marlene's words, then he looked at Marlene's body floating beside him, then let go of his left hand and raise it high.
"The soul that has awakened again, I am here to call your coming. Are you willing to take your soul as a bond, always follow me and fight for me!"
"I would, Rhodes, until the eternal destruction, that I will always be with you!"
Facing Rhode's inquiry, Marlene smiled and answered without hesitation. Then she stretched out her right hand and placed it on Rhode's left hand. At the same time, a card appeared in their hands.
“—————!!”
Suddenly, a huge golden magic array suddenly burst out from Marlin's feet. It looked like a magic array composed of countless huge gears. The powerful and powerful magic power filled the entire space in an instant. Marlin was suspended in the sky. At this moment, she seemed to have become the master of the center of this extremely powerful magic array. At this moment, two pillars of light suddenly rose up flat on the ground, and then two figures slowly walked out of it.
"I know, Sister Marlene will definitely not let us down."
Christy floated quietly in the air, staring at Marlene with a smile as usual. When Marlene heard Christie's words, he also smiled slightly.
"There is not much time left, so next is the final ceremony."
On the other side, the girl in a simple black dress said quietly, and then she quietly floated to Marlene and formed a symmetrical triangle with Christie and Marlene. Seeing this scene, Rod and others looked at the sky in front of them with curiosity, not knowing what would happen next.
"Just as agreed with my Lord a thousand years ago, the fire will eventually be ignited, and the glory of order will eventually dispel chaos."
"Just like the vows with my Lord a thousand years ago, fate is being changed, and the infinite void will be shrouded in the earth again."
The two of them sang softly, then looked at Marin in front of them and said in unison.
"Inheriting the will of the Senate..."
"Inheriting the tradition of the Senate..."
"Here, I am in the name of Christy Nabelis, the devil of fate..."
"Here, I am in the name of Alice Dam Dahl's Derensette, the devil of history..."
"The six pillars of demon gods, the knowledgeable demon god - Majelint Ascross returns to the third throne!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!